Track the Lingsugur Election Result 2018 live updates on TimesNowNews.com. Track how Lingsugur MLA- Janata Dal (Secular)’s Manappa D.Vajjal is faring against Congress' Durgappa Hoolagere and BJP's . The counting of votes for Karnataka’s Lingsugur Elections is slated to begin at 8 am.

Constituency number 57, Lingsugur, is a city located in Raichur district of Hyderabad Karnataka. The incumbent Member of Legislative Assembly from Lingsugur is Manappa D.Vajjal of the Janata Dal (Secular). Manappa D.Vajjal had secured 31,737 votes to win the seat of Lingsugur. However, he is contesting the upcoming 2018 Assembly elections in saffron. This was confirmed by the party in its first list of 72 candidates released on April 8.

In the 2013 Assembly elections, Manappa D.Vajjal of JD(S) had received 31,737 votes while INC's D.S.Hoolageri could attract only 30,451 votes, to end second. Sharanabasappa has been a three time MLA from Shahapur. The constituency's 2,37,897 voters have got themselves 273 polling stations to cast their votes.

While the Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to field Manappa Vajjal in Lingsugur, the Congress has pitched in Durgappa Hoolagere to win it for the Congress from Lingsugur.

LIVE updates

04:08 pm: D. S. Hoolageri of Congress won with 54,230 votes, a margin of 4,946 against Bandi Siddu of JD(S)

02:52 pm: D. S. Hoolageri of Congress is leading with a margin of 4,961 votes against Bandi Siddu of JD(S)

12:42 pm: D. S. Hoolageri of Congress is leading with a margin of 414 votes against Bandi Siddu of JD(S)

11:20 am: D. S. Hoolageri of Indian National Congress is leading with 319 votes

10:19 am: Manappa D.Vajjal of Bharatiya Janata Party is leading with 374 votes

07.50 am: Counting of votes in the Karnataka polls 2018 will begin at 8 am in nearly 40 counting centres and the Election Commission is likely to declare all the results by late evening. Many political pundits have predicted former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's JD(S) would play the role of the kingmaker.

Here is the first list of BJP candidates for upcoming Assembly Elections as announced by the party's Central Election Committee.

56,696 polling stations have been set up to help 4,96,82,357 (4.96 crore) voters decide who will govern the state legislature next. Elections to the 224 seats of the Karnataka Assembly will be held on 12 May 2018 and the votes will be counted on May 15.

Both, the ruling Congress and the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hope to crack the Karnataka state polls to win a majority in the state that has traditionally been a Congress stronghold, briefly dominated by the BJP in the 2008 election.

Lingsugur is famous for the forts of Anegundi, Mudgal, Jaldrug, Koppal, and Shahpur. Lingsugur also, contains an ancient temple that dates from 1112-1113 A.D. Lingasugur is also Raichur's entry point for river Krishna. Come 15 May and India will learn which way Lingsugur has voted on 12 May and also who will govern the Vidhan Soudha, the Assembly House of Karnataka.

Lingsugur Election Result 2018 live updates: D S Hoolageri of Congress wins with 54,230 votesDescription:Track the Lingsugur Election Result 2018 live updates on TimesNowNews.com. Track how Lingsugur MLA- Janata Dal (Secular)’s Manappa D.Vajjal is faring against Congress' Durgappa Hoolagere and BJP's . The counting of votes for Karnataka’s Lingsugur Elections is slated to begin at 8 am.Times Now